By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation restraining the abusive venting of Tobacco.  
WHereas the Kings most excellent Majesty being informed of the abuses daily arising of the ungoverned Selling and Retailing of Tobacco, by his Proclamation lately published, did prohibit all his people, that after the feast of Candlemas, which is now last past, none of them out of certain Cities and Towns therein specified to have been appointed, and within those Cities and Towns no other but certain persons named, as in the said Proclamation is expressed, and such as from time to time as should be permitted, should sell or deliver any Tobacco by Retail, herein requiring due obedience until his Majesty should make other declaration, as by the same Proclamation appeareth.  
Since which, a great number of his Majesty's loving subjects have repaired to some Lords, and others of his Majesty's Privy Council, being his Majesty's Commissioners appointed to treat with them, and have humbly desired Letters Patents of Licence to sell Tobacco by Retail, whereunto his Majesty's said Commissioners have consented: but because it is both convenient and necessary that the number of those that be Licenced to sell Tobacco by Retail, and also their names be known, that in time convenient notice may be taken from them how much Tobacco in each year they Retail and Uent: that upon knowledge thereof, his Majesty for preventing of the issuing out of the Realm too great a proportion of the Stock of this Kingdom, may give order for the quantity of Tobacco that shall be yearly brought in: And being resolved that any who from henceforth shall presume to utter or sell Tobacco, not being Licenced, shall severely be proceeded against: For these and for other causes, the King our Sovereign Lord straightly defendeth and commandeth, that neither such as by pretext of being formerly nominated as meet men to Retail Tobacco, nor any other from henceforth presume to sell or utter Tobacco by Retail, until they shall have obtained his Majesty's Licence in that behalf, any permission or toleration that may be pretended by the said Proclamation, or any other signification notwithstanding, upon such pains of censure in the Court of Star-Chamber and elsewhere, as may be inflicted upon contemners of his Majesty's commands publicly proclaimed. Wherein his Majesty is pleased, that a part of the Fines set upon the Contemners of this Command, be conferred upon those that give notice of the Offenders, so as they may be brought to judgement.  
Given at Our Court at Newmarket, the thirteenth day of March, in the ninth year of Our Reign. God save the King.   

Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent MAJESTY: And by the Assigns of JOHN BILL. 1633.